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Jersey students enjoyed great success once again in the Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition – with 46 gaining awards for their literary stylings.
Four golds, nine silvers and 33 bronzes were awarded to young writers by the Bailiff at a prize-giving event organised by the local Royal Commonwealth Society branch earlier this month in the St Helier Town Hall.
The 2023 competition attracted a record-breaking number of 34,924 entries, the highest received since the competition began in 1883 under a different name.
Last year's entries were based on the theme 'A Youth-Powered Commonwealth', with entrants being asked to explore the power young people hold within the global community and to consider how this power could be harnessed to make a meaningful impact on the world.
To enter the competition, which is the is the oldest and largest youth writing contest in the world, students had to write a poem, letter, folk tale, script or essay in response to a number of prompts and questions such as:
Students aged between 14 and 18 could write up to 1500 words, while those under 14 could write up to 750 words.
The RCS Jersey Award Cup was awarded to Georgie Binet, the student whose entry is judged to be the best from the island.
Pupils from JCP and St. Michael's Preparatory School were especially successful. JCP students won 18 awards (seven silver and 11 bronze), whilst those at St Michael's gained 14 awards (three gold, one silver and ten bronze).
Students from four other schools also participated: JCG pupils won one silver and three bronze awards; those from Les Quennevais won one gold and give bronze; and two FCJ and two VCP pupils won bronze awards.
See the full list of winners below...
Gold and Jersey Award Cup: Georgie Binet
Gold: Amelia Binet-Hynd, Gracie Stott and Isla Yates
Silver: Niamh Church, Eleanor Hamilton, Fearne Hampton, Lily Hamel Holliday, Angharad Marks, Mia Langly-Smith, Daisy Stewart, Florence Williams, Sophia Williamson
Bronze: Humaya Ahmed, Charlie Baird, Morgan Benander, Jonathan Carnegie Bedlow, Willow Carro, Ramsay Casely, Hannah Follain, Laura Goddard, Sophia Goddard, Isabella Groden, Matilda Henry, Jayden Hughes, Sophia Kirby, Mila King, Lucy Le Creurer, Elsa Malorey, Sienna Milton, Kayleen Mutete, Lilly O'Connor, Aimee Ollivro, Liberty Parris, Barney Pearce, Aimee Richardson, Billy Robinson, Emily Silbernagl, Bethany Silva, Esther Spottiswoode, Charlie Tattan, Prutha Tejpal, Ella-May Turnbull, Olivia Ventura Nieper, Charlotte Wallace-Sims, Kai Welsby
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